Its been a long-standing tradition that Hollywood’s screen writers are complete luddites who can never portray even the most basic use of computing in a fashion that isn’t completely overblown or remotely accurate.  I’m sure you all remember the girl in Jurassic Park ‘hacking’ a computer by clicking and dragging a mouse cursor, Hugh Jackman in Swordfish protecting a computer ...

I would vote for this man. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4o-TeMHys0[/youtube] “If you want to marry a shoe, I’ll marry you” He also has the best website:  http://rentistoodamnhigh.org/

On the Nintendo DS there are two franchises in my mind that are worthy of the mantle of being the called the greatest. There’s the Ace Attorney series starring Phoenix Wright, a defence attorney.  He likes to yell ‘objection!’ a lot and he also helps people who are unjustly accused of murder.  Then there’s the equally amazing Professor Layton series ...

Cowboys from hell

Seriously, its freezing out here

Jen and I recently went to Aria to try out their tasting menu.  Unfortunately it was a spur of the moment decision so I didn’t have a camera on me.  I took a few photos with my iPhone but they look pretty godawful.  So rather than posting the full seven courses in their grainy 2 megapixel dimly-lit glory, I’ll just ...

I think this is the first time I’ve written about American politics since Obama got elected two years ago.  It was a highly optimistic time back then and we were all hyped up on that, ahem, ‘hopey changey’ rhetoric after eight long years of the Bush Administration.  I’m not entirely sure what we were expecting these past two years but ...

Monkey see, monkey do.

Stieggy Stardust

I finished Red Dead Redemption over the weekend and have moved onto a new game to play.  It’s called Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and its a post-apocalyptic adaption of the classic Chinese literature story of Monkey. Although its not a particularly high profile game, the game has an strong pedigree behind its production.  The script and direction was handled ...